Low Pay for High Expectations - Front of House HomeState Employee Review

2.0
Feb 7, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Some cool people work here!

Cons

-"Discounted Food." Can hardly afford to purchase the food they serve on the salaries they give. -Will come up with a BS reason to fire you if they just don't like you! Saw so many people let go left and right for the most arbitrary reason. They blow through employees FAST here -On day ONE of working at Homestate, coworkers were telling jokes about how they were so ready to leave. Should've been a red flag! -Expect the world of you for just mere peanuts in compensation. Always about the aesthetic and the "Instagram quality" of the food -Managers do not care about your personal schedule even if you tell them ahead of time-they will still work you on your scheduled off days. -Some weeks only got scheduled 25 hours when I was promised 40

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5.0
Jan 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture, great benefits and fun atmosphere to work in

Cons

Prices have increased pretty substantially over the last few years

1.0
Feb 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

mostly friendly coworkers and friendly customer base

Cons

Absolutely horrible employer - huge Big Brother vibes from management that creates a general atmosphere of fear and intimidation amongst employees. I've always been considered a hard working, responsible employee by my managers and was completely turned off by the constant surveillance, nit-picking, and belittling from my supervisors. Management is always expecting more from employees while continuing to offer less and less (cutting hours, reducing amount of employees on the floor, etc). It's a huge bummer because I used to love this place as a customer. Alas, the chill vibes are but a thin veil for this money frenzied corporation run by control freaks.

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